Carly Rae Jepsen
Summary
Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C.. In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.After completing the tour, Jepsen retreated to B.C. to focus on writing, recording and completing her band. Her demos attracted a flurry of attention, and she was eventually signed a joint management deal with Simkin Artist Management and Dexter Entertainment. A deal with Fontana/Maple Music quickly followed, leading Jepsen into the studio with producer/writer Ryan Stewart.On June 16, 2008, Jepsen released her debut single, a cover of John Denver's song "Sunshine On My Shoulders".
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Information Diet: Jillian Michaels
Specs Age 38 Accomplishments Health and fitness expert on NBC’s The Biggest Loser (season premiere is January 2013) and Losing It With Jillian; author; investor in popchips brand Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I read a little paper on my iPad called The Daily.
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Two people were removed from RNC after throwing nuts at black CNN camerawoman
CJR | The New York Times | TPM | The Washington Post | CNN | TPM | Tampa Bay Times | The Guardian | AJR | The New York Times You only have to pump the words “why conventions matter”… Read more.
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New Apple patent could kill commercial radio
Apple have posted a fascinating new patent which allows for "seamlessly switching media playback between a media broadcast, such as a radio broadcast, and media from a local media library.
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The Pilot newsroom lip-dubs ‘Call Me Maybe’
Media, Disrupted Staff at The Pilot of Southern Pines, N. C. , and related businesses took part in a straight-up adorable lip dub of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe. ”.
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How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music
This summer’s pop hit, Carly Rae Jepsen’s cheerfully flirty “Call Me Maybe,” shows how much the hitmaking machine, and the music industry, has been upended by social media.
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How to Win at YouTube
Google has allocated $200 million to promote its emerging lineup of original channels. But given that there are close to 100 channels to promote, that works out to about $2 million per channel. And some of those channels have 20 plus shows. It's fair to say $2 million in display advertising isn’t about to win you an election, let alone allow too many brands to break through the culture.
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Digital music sales continue to rise, but the vinyl renaissance continues
In a not wholly unexpected turn of events, digital sales continued to grow, with CD sales continuing to drop. Nielsen SoundScan & Nielsen BDS Data showed that digital album sales in the US were up 14% compared with January – July last year, and digital track sales were up 6%.
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The UK’s first weekly Official Streaming Chart - who's number one?
Released this week, the UK's first weekly streaming chart compiled from data from the likes of Spotify, Deezer, Napster, We7 and Xbox Live sees Carly Rae Jepsen crowned the first ever No. 1 artist.
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Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
The first ever weekly top 100 chart of streamed plays, released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart.
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Streamed music has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
The first ever weekly top 100 chart of streamed plays, released by the UK’s Official Charts Company on Monday, is broadly similar to the chart of downloads purchases and, therefore, the overall singles chart.
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